MATTER OF AUSTIN v. PURCELL


103 A.D.2d 827 (1984)

In the Matter of Leonard B. Austin et al., Respondents, v. Francis T. Purcell, as County Executive of The County of Nassau, et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

July 23, 1984


¶ Judgment reversed, on the law, with costs, and proceeding dismissed on the merits.

¶ The appellant County of Nassau retained independent counsel to evaluate the possibility of recovery in a particular civil lawsuit. Counsel submitted a written report to the County Attorney, and appellant Purcell announced that on the basis of the report the county had decided not to pursue the particular litigation. Purcell...

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